Education

  • "The Scoop on Soil"- an interactive game from Illinois NRCS for elementary grades

    "The Scoop on Soil" - Interactive game (22.1 MB) - Claude's "The Scoop on Soil" - To use: Download - Unzip - Browse to the "Scoop on Soil.exe" - click on the file to run. (This version is for Windows)

    The MAC version of The Scoop on Soil

    A Temporary home for Claude and an example of an Educational CD with Claude as the host.

    Some Generic Technical Support for "The Scoop on Soil"

    1. First download the file "Soil_game_The_Scoop_on_Soil.zip" to your computer

    2. Then double click on the file
      • If you have a program called WinZip on your computer, it will open and you will have the option of extracting the files to a location.
      • You might also try right clicking on the file and windows will give you the option of opening-with or extracting the files.
      • The files must be extracted for the game to work.


    3. You will end up with a directory called "Scoop on Soil Game" and a file called "Scoop on Soil CD label.stt".
      • In the directory is a file called "Scoop on Soil.exe". To start the game you can click on this file.

    4. If you do not wish to have to search for this file every time you wish to play the game, right click on the file and choose "create shortcut".

    5. You can use windows explorer to place the shortcut on the desktop or wherever you would like it to be.

    6. If you think that you will be using the game often, drag the shortcut to the start button and it will show up in your start menu.
  • More contacts for technical support for "The Scoop on Soil" Technical support and contacts
  • How to make a CD-Rom containing "The Scoop on Soil" How to make a "Scoop on Soil" CD-ROM
  • Image in jpg format for use in making labels Claude-CDSticker.jpg (right click and "save-target-as" to obtain image)
  • Powerpoint for printing CD - Stomper labels CD-Stomper-Label-for_The_Scoop_on_Soil.ppt
  • Powerpoint for printing CD - Avery Labels Avery-Label-for_The_Scoop_on_Soil.ppt
  • Images of Claude so you can add this game to your own educational CD - Please add credits for Illionois NRCS Claude_1.gif and Claude_umbrella2.gif


    • I would like some feedback from teacher's.

    What grade level do you teach?

    Did you use "The Scoop on Soil" in a classroom setting?

    Did the students want to bring a copy of the game home?

    Did you find the "Scoop on Soil" yourself, or did a student bring the game in to show you?

    What would make the game more useful for education?

    If worksheets were made available to go along with the soil game, do you think that you would use them?

    Did the soil game address science content standards required of the students that you teach?

    If you would like to provide this feedback, please send it to henry.ferguson@mail.wvu.edu

    Thank you very much,

    Henry Ferguson, Soil Scientist, NGDC

     

  • Example 4th Grade Lesson Plan

    "Lesson Plan" by Sylvia Hottell, SWCD, Floyd County, Indiana - See individual materials referenced for credits. (216 KB)

     

     

  • Soil Quality page

    Soil Quality

     

     

  • Pictures

    I am building a gallery of pictures. Captions are included with some, otherwise the title of the page provides the subject and captions will come later.

     

  • Runoff and infiltration combined in one demonstration

    Comparison of runoff and infiltration using undisturbed samples from fields managed using no-till and conventional tillage systems (154 KB)

     

    Illustration of the mini lysimeters working (458 KB)

      

    Powerpoint version so you can edit and change the background (11.5 MB)

     

     
    1. Filtration experiments

     

    1. Posters for kids

       

    2. More posters and Read Me First - A Guide to the Resource Conservation Kit for Educators (The guide includes background material for posters)

    Scratch Area to Test Ideas
    1. Rough Contents from Education CD - Some links will not work
      • Rough Examples of Soils-Related Educational Content Standards linked to Reference Materials - how to best serve educators by meeting their needs
      •  Sample directions on how to use Web Soil Survey (35 KB)

      •  Web Soil Survey

      •  Revised 1st Powerpoint - Powerpoint for the Fullbright Memorial Fund Master Teacher Program (14.5 MB)

      •  Revised 1st Powerpoint Translated to Japanese - Powerpoint for the Fullbright Memorial Fund Master Teacher Program (19.3 MB)

      •  Revised 2nd Powerpoint - Powerpoint for the Fullbright Memorial Fund Master Teacher Program (13.8 MB)

      •  Revised 2nd Powerpoint Translated to Japanese - Powerpoint for the Fullbright Memorial Fund Master Teacher Program (27.9 MB)

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